Guitar chords · Augmented
B♭+ chord on guitar (Bbaug)
B♭+ (B♭ A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: B♭, D and F♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
Shapes
How to play B♭+
Strum a shape to hear it, or pick it one string at a time. R marks the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7.; the other numbers are the chord tones.
B♭+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 6 or the A shape at fret 13. A A chord or scale fingering with no open strings. Slide it up or down the neck and it changes its root but not its type: a major shape stays major. keeps its fingering anywhere on the neck: slide it up or down and the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., on the lowest played string, names the chord.
E shape · fret 6
A shape · fret 13
Notes and formula
What makes B♭+ augmented
An A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord raises the 5th of a major chord by a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.. Its notes split the The distance of twelve half steps, where a note comes round to the same name. Twelve frets up a string is an octave. into three equal parts, which gives it a floating, unsettled sound that wants to move on.
- 1Root: the note the chord is named after. Keep it.
- 3Essential: makes the chord what it is. Never drop it.
- 5Optional: drop it first when you run out of fingers.
The 3rd and the ♯5th make B♭+ an A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts. chord.
- B♭Rroot
- D3essential
- F♯♯5essential
- B♭, the root
- Other chord tones
B♭+ is usually a passing chord: its raised 5th climbs on, as in B♭, B♭+, E♭ or B♭, B♭+, Gm. Its three notes are evenly spaced, so the same shape is also D+ and G♭+.
B♭+ and A♯+ are the same chord with two names: same The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step., same sound. Which one you see depends on the key the song is written in.
Keys
Keys with B♭+
B♭+ belongs to one key: G minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Slash chords
B♭+ over another bass note
A A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. keeps B♭+ on top and puts another note in the bass: the letter after the slash is the lowest note you play.
- B♭+/D
B♭+ with its 3rd, D, in the bass: the first inversion.
- B♭+/F♯
B♭+ with its ♯5th, F♯, in the bass: the second inversion.
Same root
Other chords on A♯ / B♭
Change one or two notes and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. gives a different colour. Compare them by ear.
- B♭ major
- B♭m minor
- B♭7 dominant 7th
- B♭maj7 major 7th
- B♭m7 minor 7th
- B♭sus2 suspended 2nd
- B♭sus4 suspended 4th
- B♭6 major 6th
- B♭m6 minor 6th
- B♭add9 add 9
- B♭9 dominant 9th
- B♭maj9 major 9th
- B♭m9 minor 9th
- B♭13 dominant 13th
- B♭maj13 major 13th
- B♭m11 minor 11th
- A♯° diminished
- A♯m7♭5 half-diminished 7th
- A♯°7 diminished 7th
- B♭5 power chord
- B♭7sus4 dominant 7th suspended 4th
- B♭m(maj7) minor major 7th
- B♭6/9 six-nine
- B♭m(add9) minor add 9
- B♭7♯9 dominant 7th sharp 9th
Questions
B♭+, in short
- What notes are in the B♭+ chord?
- B♭+ (B♭ A chord with a major 3rd and a raised 5th, written +. Its notes split the octave into three equal parts.) has three notes: B♭, D and F♯, the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., 3 and ♯5.
- How do you play B♭+ on guitar?
- B♭+ has no common A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em.. Play it as the E shape at The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. 6 or the A shape at fret 13.
- What key is B♭+ in?
- B♭+ belongs to one key: G minor (III+, The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home.).
- Is B♭+ the same as A♯+?
- Yes: same frets, same sound, different name. B♭+ is the spelling in G minor. No key on the circle spells it A♯+, so you will rarely see that name.